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Table 1 Associations of physical IPV and/or sexual victimization on risk behaviours and mental health

From: Associations of physical partner violence and sexual violence victimization on health risk behaviours and mental health among university students from 25 countries

Variable (prevalence)

 

All

Male

Female

 

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Sexual risk behaviour

 Two or more sexual partners in past year (19.2%)

UOR

3.65 (1.90, 7.02)***

3.41 (2.01, 5.77)***

4.08 (1.54, 10.85)***

AORa

3.81 (2.28, 6.36)***

3.74 (2.40, 5.83)***

4.11 (2.05, 8.22)***

 Alcohol use in the context of sex (14.1%)

UOR

3.26 (2.16, 4.93)***

2.74 (1.74, 4.30)***

4.00 (2.50, 6.38)***

AORa

3.14 (2.14, 4.60)***

3.01 (2.05, 4.40)***

3.21 (2.00, 5.18)***

 History of sexually transmitted infection (5.7%)

UOR

1.90 (0.58, 6.19)

1.89 (0.67, 5.31)

1.92 (0.52, 7.01)

 Diagnosed with HIV (0.6%)

UOR

23.08 (11.69, 46.34)***

28.04 (11.33, 71.62)***

19.04 (9.72, 37.03)***

AORa

11.43 (5.73, 22.82)***

15.73 (6.96, 33.51)***

8.87 (3.99, 19.72)***

 Pregnancy (8.1%)

UOR

5.74 (4.01, 8.21)***

3.63 (2.79, 5.76)***

8.25 (5.09, 13.37)***

AORa

5.49 (3.92, 7.70)***

3.50 (2.38, 5.13)***

8.13 (4.90, 13.49)***

Violence related behaviour

 Was in a physical fight in the past 12 month (12.7%)

UOR

3.14 (2.16, 4.56)***

3.22 (2.17, 5.76)***

2.87 (2.03, 4.06)***

AORa

2.52 (1.68, 3.77)***

2.85 (1.97, 4.13)***

1.97 (1.38, 2.81)***

 Weapon carrying in the past 30 days (6.0%)

UOR

2.57 (1.85, 3.56)***

2.56 (1.80, 3.65)***

2.29 (1.66, 3.18)***

AORa

2.14 (1.64, 2.78)***

2.34 (1.77, 3.09)***

1.72 (1.23, 2.43)**

 Injury in the past year (24.5%)

UOR

1.28 (0.96, 1.72)

1.29 (0.91, 1.83)

1.20 (0.86, 1.69)

Mental health

 Depression severe (13.0%)

UOR

1.92 (1.50, 2.45)***

1.46 (1.04, 2.03)*

2.35 (1.75, 3.15)***

AORb

1.40 (1.13, 1.74)**

1.16 (0.86, 1.56)

1.63 (1.18, 2.25)**

 Loneliness (10.3%)

UOR

1.62 (1.20, 2.19)**

1.25 (0.78, 2.01)

1.97 (1.35, 2.87)***

AORc

1.41 (1.06, 1.86)*

1.12 (0.72 1.74)

1.69 (1.13, 2.13)**

 Post-traumatic stress disorder (19.7%)

UOR

2.47 (1.90, 3.22)***

1.97 (1.47, 2.64)***

2.99 (2.21, 4.03)***

AORd

1.92 (1.52, 2.42)***

1.66 (1.30, 2.13)***

2.18 (1.57, 3.02)***

 Sleeping problem (10.2%)

UOR

1.83 (1.40, 2.39)***

1.90 (1.35, 2.68)***

1.79 (1.26, 2.55)**

AORc

1.71 (1.34, 219)***

1.80 (1.31, 2.49)***

1.65 (1.16, 2.33)**

 Short sleep (39.7%)

UOR

1.33 (1.09, 1.62)**

1.26 (1.00,1.59)*

1.38 (1.08, 1.75)*

AORc

1.28 (1.03, 1.58)*

1.19 (0.92, 1.54)

1.35 (1.06, 1.71)*

Addictive behaviour

 Current binge drinking (12.5%)

UOR

1.91 (1.28, 2.84)**

1.38 (0.82, 2.32)

2.61 (1.82, 3.75)**

AORe

1.88 (1.34, 2.64)***

1.38 (0.87, 2.19)

2.56 (1.84, 3.55)***

 Current tobacco use (12.4%)

UOR

3.13 (2.12, 4.63)***

2.92 (2.01, 4.23)**

3.34 (2.22, 5.04)***

AORa

2.57 (1.75, 3.77)***

2.60 (1.84, 3.67)***

2.45 (1.70, 3.54)***

 Drug use (10 or more times in past 12 months) (3.7%)

UOR

2.04 (1.27, 3.26)**

1.98 (1.01, 3.90)*

2.04 (1.02, 4.09)*

AORa

1.72 (1.11, 2.67)*

1.80 (1.00, 3.31)*

1.56 (0.81, 3.04)

Other health risk behaviour

 Physical inactivity (42.2%)

UOR

0.81 (0.56, 1.18)

0.83 (0.58, 1.20)

0.84 (0.55, 1.29)

 Skipping breakfast (46.6%)

UOR

1.33 (1.12, 1.58)**

1.42 (1.18, 1.71)***

1.27 (0.98, 1.64)

AORa

1.20 (1.04, 1.40)*

1.42 (1.19, 1.69)***

1.06 (0.85, 1.33

 Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake (81.3%)

UOR

0.91 (0.71,1.18)

0.79 (0.64, 0.98)*

1.05 (0.70, 1.58)

 Salt usually (40.0%)

UOR

1.44 (1.04, 2.00)*

1.43 (0.99, 2.07)

1.47 (1.05, 2.05)*

AORa

1.46 (1.14, 1.88)**

1.43 (1.05, 1.93)*

1.53 (1.19, 1.98)**

 Not always wearing a seatbelt (53.9%)

UOR

0.88 (0.63, 1.24)

0.88 (0.60, 1.30)

0.88 (0.59, 1.29)

Subjective health (poor) (8.8%)

UOR

1.42 (0.89, 2.28)

1.56 (0.94, 2.68)

1.07 (0.71, 1.60)

Academic performance (poor) (6.1%)

UOR

0.97 (0.69, 1.35)

0.96 (0.68, 1.34)

0.92 (0.54, 1.57)

  1. UOR unadjusted odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio; ***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05; aModel 1: Adjusted for age, sex, study year, social support, family income or wealth, country, exposure to physical violence in childhood, binge drinking, depression and PTSD; bAdjusted for all variables in model 1, except for depression; cAdjusted for all variales in model 1, expect for depression and PTSD; dAdjusted for all variales in model 1, except for PTSD; eAdjusted for all variables in model 1, except for binge drinking